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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People. In Committee,…05 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Cormack. I certainly support this amendment, moved so ably by the noble Lord, Lord Oates, and its proposed new clause…05 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, has just explained, the amendment would ensure that children in care were entitled to remain in the United Kingdom. When the same amendment…30 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, this proposed new clause would enable the Government to give guidance to local authorities. Many new entrepreneurs would like to set up agricultural smallholdings and to…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support these amendments on controlling the application of pesticides. The amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and others helpfully consider…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, within this grouping, I support my noble friend Lord Trenchard’s helpful amendments. First, on United Kingdom and EU standards, he corrects a misapprehension or, maybe,…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI agree with my noble friend Lord Trenchard on the question of criteria to ensure that UK standards comply with WTO rules. However, in this grouping my main consideration is the…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their comments and support, as I am to my noble friend Lady Bloomfield for her positive evaluation of this amendment. As already…22 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 53 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, which recommends that government reports on food security should take into account measures of…17 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 58 on the national food strategy in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, connecting as it does to the useful Amendment 53 in the name of the noble…17 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 56 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. As he just explained, the proposed new clause would ensure that the children of EEA citizens and Swiss…16 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on protecting rights to British citizenship. We have already debated her first one, Amendment 68. This urges…16 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 62—spoken to in a very moving way by the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee—which seeks to expand family reunion rules. I also support Amendment 79, in the…16 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support a number of themes and their corresponding amendments in this group. They suggest that more should be done in the Bill to promote them. The first is…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, which encourage public access and improved accessibility. Equally, I am in favour of Amendment 5 in the name of…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillNo, I have finished my remarks.15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillI confirm that I have finished my remarks already.15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillIn this grouping, I support various amendments on monitoring and analysis. First, Amendment 18, from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, advises that impact assessments be…15 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, within this grouping, I support amendments that protect reciprocal rights of United Kingdom citizens and those of EEA countries and Switzerland. Following current…09 Sept 2020